Anyways, I got on the plane, enjoyed decent airplane food, and free Swiss chocolate (Thanks Swiss Airlines!). Once we made it to Zurich, Adrian (my new friend from Stanford) took me to an awesome chocolate shop at the airport where I dropped about $20 on some luxurious Swiss chocolate. When in Zurich... The champagne truffle actually tasted like chocolate and was phenomenal. After that, I was Prague bound! We landed about 10 minutes late, I navigated my way out of the airport, bought my public transportation pass, hoped on the right bus, validated my ticket, got off at the stop, followed a herd of people to the metro, got off at the right metro stop, got directions, got lost, got directions, got lost, got directions, and made it to the hostel only to be welcomed by our group and told to get ready fast because we were leaving in 10 minutes to make it to our pub crawl (in the snow)! The Pub Crawl was SOO fun. We stayed at our meeting place for about 45 minutes and got to try a bunch of drinks there, made our way to the next bar, then the next, and the next, and finally made it to the 5 story club right on the river! It was such a blast and we met incredible people from all over the world!
It was easy to get out of bed on Saturday knowing that we were going to get STARBUCKS. 3 weeks in and we were ready for our Iced Grande Caramel Macchiatos with extra caramel :) I don't think I've ever savored a sip more or taken that man pictures of a single beverage. It was basically bliss and was a perfect way to start off the day! We were there for an hour waiting for the boys and basking in Starbucks goodness. They finally made it there and we headed out to explore Prague! Except we got derailed by the abundance of souvenir shops we were passing. We all ended up buying a lot before we had even seen one important sight! Oh well at least we knew what to look for? I bought some garnet earrings not only because they were on sale, but because garnet is sold all over the Czech Republic and very special to them! After we bought out the shops, we kept walking (and shopping some more) and loving Prague and how it felt like a little fantasy land with all of the fun buildings. We ended up going to the National Museum that was full of art, stuffed animals, and rocks, and a special display that we couldn't figure out due to lack of English translation... After that we headed toward the Charles Bridge, found the Lennon Wall, had a HUGE dinner (we were all soooo hungry and cranky at that point), walked around the Prague Castle at night and got an awesome view of the city, and made our way back to our hostel for an early night.
We headed out early to make our way home to Florence. After being out of Italy for a few days, we appreciated eating a different type of food and not being looked down on just because we were wearing something with a North Face logo. Prague was such a mix of cultures and accepting of Americans, which was refreshing! Western Europe is a bit more full of itself (I know you agree), so we enjoyed experiencing the Central Europe hospitality. All in all, I loved Prague and want to go back (its such a romantic city and we definitely needed one more day!!)
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